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(No Model.)

0. F. HARDOASTLE 8a A. H. BARDSLEY.

ADJUSTABLE BRUSH BRIDLE.

No. 497,788. Patented May 23, 1893.:

Hill" MK. fizzl/ UNITED STATES CHARLES F. I-IARDCASTLE, OF PHILADELPHIA,PENNSYLVANIA, AND ALBERT PATENT OFFICE.-

I-I. BARDSLEY, OF ROSEDALE, NEW JERSEY.

ADJUSTABLE BRUSH-BRIDLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 497,788, dated May 23,1893.

Application filed February 16 1893. Serial No. 462,654. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern..-

Be it known that we, CHARLES F. HARD- CASTLE, residing at Philadelphia,in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, and ALBERT H.BARDSLEY, residing at Rosedale, in the county of Camden and State of NewJersey, citizens of the United States,have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Adjustable Brush-Bridles; and we do declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part ofthis specification.

The invention presents the following advantages. It is adapted to beused on brushes or brooms. It is easily and quickly adjusted. Itprevents spreading of the bristles or broom straws. In the case of paintbrushes it is easily removed for cleaning the brush. It saves color andallows stiffer color to be used.

The drawings show its application to a flat paint brush, but it isreadily adapted to oval and round brushes by simply bending the clampsto the required form.

In the drawings Figure 1 represents a side elevation of a paint brushwith our bridle in operative position upon it. Fig. 2 is an edge view ofthe same enlarged; and Fig. 3 is a perspective of the invention opened.

Like letters denote corresponding parts in the various views.

The bridle is formed of two clamps or loops, of which the upper one A,is adapted to engage the lower portion of the brush handle and isprovided with hinges a. a. and the lower clamp or loop embraces thebristles at the desired place below the handle. These two clamps areconnected by the rod or twisted link 0. at one side and by the pendant dand loop e. at the other side.

This invention may be constructed of any preferred material but as shownin the drawings the parts are all made of three pieces of wire, thesection A. d. and e. of one piece and the section B, and c. of twopieces, the two sections being connected by the hinges a.

a. formed by hooking together the bent ends of the wires, and whenapplied to a brush by springing the curved disengaged ends f. f. of theclamp B, into the terminal loop e. of the clamp A. The loop 8. is ofsuch lateral extent as requires some compression of the clamp B. againstthe bristles to engage it. In applying the same bridle to brushes ofvarying thicknesses this loop e. is readily bent to the required width;and so likewise is the spread of the clamp I5. at its opposite side bentto correspond.

Having described our invention, what we claim is- 1. A bridle forbrushes and brooms having two clamps of which the upper one is adaptedto clasp the brush handle, is hinged, and has a pendant with terminalloop, and a part opposite, and corresponding to said pendant'andconnecting with the lower clamp which is adapted to embrace thebristles,and two hooks on said lower clamp to engage the loop on thependant as described.

2. A wire brush bridle formed of two clamps connected at one side by afixed link and at the other by the curved ends of the lowerclampengaging the pendantloop on the upperclamp, the said upper clamp havinglooped hinges as described.

3. A wire brush bridle formed of an upper clamp A. adapted to engage thebrush handle and having hinges a, a, pendant (l, and loop 6. a lowerclamp B. to clasp the bristles, and having hooks f.f. to engage the loope, and a twist-ed link 0. to connect said clamps substantially as hereinset forth.

4. In a brush bridle having two clamps connected by a fixed link andopposite thereto a corresponding pendant and fastening, two hinges onthe upper clamp, whereby the bridle may be opened for adjustment on abrush substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof we aiiixour signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

CHARLES F. I-IARDCASTLE. ALBERT II. BARDSLEY. Vitnesses:

ISAAC T. HERST, CHARLES OTTO.

